FOX新闻: 特朗普在福布斯排名下降
燕山大学 刘立军 宋葳 编写
◇TRANSCRIPT
The list is out of Forbes 400 Richest Americans and it shows that the commander in chief's wealth dropped by $600 million to $3.1 billion. As a result, President Trump's ranking is now at No. 248 on the list, after coming in at 156 last year. The magazine attributes his "decline in wealth to challenging New York real estate market, a costly lawsuit and an expensive presidential campaign."
They say the rich get richer and it now takes a record $2 billion to make the cut on the Forbes list. For the 24th year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates topping the list with a net worth of around $89 billion, followed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and coming in third, 'The Oracle of Omaha,' billionaire investor Warren Buffet.
Hilarie Barsky, FOX News.
◇VOCABULARY
1.commander n. a person who is in charge of sth., especially an officer in charge of a particular group of soldiers or a military operation 负责人；（尤指）司令官，指挥官。例如：
○military / allied / field / flight commanders军事 / 盟军 / 战地 / 飞行指挥官
○the commander of the expedition探险队队长
2. attribute sth. to sth.: to say or believe that sth. is the result of a particular thing 把…归因于；认为…是由于。例如：She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck. 她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点运气。
◇QUESTIONS
TASK 1: DICTATION
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
The list is out of Forbes 400 Richest Americans and it shows that the commander in chief's wealth dropped by $600 million to $3.1 billion. As a result, President Trump's ranking is now at （1）_______ on the list, after coming in at 156 last year. The magazine attributes his "decline in wealth to challenging New York real estate market, （2）________________________________________ and （3）_____________________________."
They say （4）_________________________ and it now takes a record $2 billion to make the cut on the Forbes list. For the 24th year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates topping the list with a net worth of around （5）__________________________, followed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and coming in third, 'The Oracle of Omaha,' billionaire investor Warren Buffet.
Hilarie Barsky, FOX News.
TASK 2: TRUE OR FALSE
Read the statements. Then listen to the news and check (✓) the true or (×) false statements.
1. The list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans shows that President Trump's wealth dropped by $600 million.
2. President Trump's ranking is now at No. 156 on the list.
3. The Forbes attributes his decline in wealth to challenging New York real estate market, a costly lawsuit and an expensive presidential campaign.
4. The Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos ranked the third in the list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans.
◇KEY
TASK 1:
The list is out of Forbes 400 Richest Americans and it shows that the commander in chief's wealth dropped by $600 million to $3.1 billion. As a result, President Trump's ranking is now at （1）No. 248 on the list, after coming in at 156 last year. The magazine attributes his "decline in wealth to challenging New York real estate market, （2）a costly lawsuit and （3）an expensive presidential campaign."
They say （4）the rich get richer and it now takes a record $2 billion to make the cut on the Forbes list. For the 24th year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates topping the list with a net worth of around （5）$89 billion, followed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and coming in third, 'The Oracle of Omaha,' billionaire investor Warren Buffet.
Hilarie Barsky, FOX News.
TASK 2:
✓1. The list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans shows that President Trump's wealth dropped by $600 million.
×2. President Trump's ranking is now at No. 156 on the list.
正确表达：President Trump's ranking is now at No. 248 on the list.
✓3. The Forbes attributes his decline in wealt to challenging New York real estate market, a costly lawsuit and an expensive presidential campaign.
×4. The Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos ranked the third in the list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans.
正确表达：The Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos ranked the second in the list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans.